... a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in Ankara, Turkey right outside the U.S. embassy, killing himself and an embassy guard.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the attack happened at 1:13 p.m. local time, and that they were working closely with the Turkish national police to make a full assessment of the damage and the casualties, and to begin an investigation.

“O” and Evita probably were not ‘warned’ because our enemies got the message that there is NO ONE at the helm over here!

The prez and Evita couldn't have got a warning (directly or indirectly) even if they wanted to...positively NO ONE, in or out of the intelligence community or the nation at large, perceives them to be in charge!

Any ‘warning’ of that kind would certainly be a dead letter where these guys are concerned! It's all... ‘who's on first’ ... in this administration! Their lack of competency and accountability is beyond laughable.

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posted on 02/01/2013 7:20:48 AM PST
by SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)

Warning or not, there is not much you can do to stop a suicide bomber from killing a gate guard. By definition that is the perimeter where physical security starts. One has to assume there are all kinds of intelligence reports saying that an embassy is going to be attacked. What would we do other than close all the embassies?

Warning or not, there is not much you can do to stop a suicide bomber from killing a gate guard. By definition that is the perimeter where physical security starts. One has to assume there are all kinds of intelligence reports saying that an embassy is going to be attacked. What would we do other than close all the embassies?

And besides, "What difference does it make now?"

Hillary, is that you?

No, seriously: You are right in pointing out that a small-scale attack of this kind was not the sort of thing that intelligence people can be expected to anticipate. Further, as lamentable as the death of the one guard and the civilian woman is, there was apparently no breach of the security perimeter.

Have you ever walked by the Israeli Embassy in DC and seen a man standing out front with a long trench coat on even in 90 degree weather. Let me tell you that bulge under his coat isn’t there because he is happy to see me.

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posted on 02/01/2013 8:47:54 AM PST
by heylady
(Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.( Deb))

I always assumed you had an intelligence community so that you'd never HAVE to close embassies.

If US intelligence types can't figure out the price of a cup of coffee in downtown Tehran... then they shouldn't BE in the intelligence business.

At that point you can buy your intel from someone else and give up being a world power. This is a very conscious decision Liberals made long ago and it's the primary reason I could never support a Liberal President. EVER! THEIR idea of leadership and foreign policy is way to infantile and gullible. They would have an 'intelligence community' of Kumbaya beatniks who can't get their hands dirty or offend ANYONE.

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posted on 02/01/2013 8:56:31 AM PST
by SMARTY
("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)

So in the morning if I don’t get to my remote fast enough, to switch from the local news, Today comes on, today was one of those mornings, headlines were Daddy’s son wins super bowl, REALLY? not a word on this attack before I got the clicker.

I’ve only passed through the Ankara airport years ago so I’ve no first-hand knowledge about the place. A lot of my old buds did serve in the Embassy at Ankara and they were quite active on Facebook this morning. We’ve al been retired for years now but the old Ankara boys still have a lot of FSN friends there and they are worried for their old friends if this should turn into a regular event there. Our Embassy staffers live with the threat of this hanging over their heads daily.

I’ve only passed through the Ankara airport years ago so I’ve no first-hand knowledge about the place. A lot of my old buds did serve in the Embassy at Ankara and they were quite active on Facebook this morning. We’ve al been retired for years now but the old Ankara boys still have a lot of FSN friends there and they are worried for their old friends if this should turn into a regular event there. Our Embassy staffers live with the threat of this hanging over their heads daily.

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